Perceived Safety A Multidisciplinary Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Raue, Martina (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Streicher, Bernhard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lermer, Eva (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Risk Engineering,
• Subjects: Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Nuclear energy.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Statistics .; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Nuclear Energy.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.

This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on perceived safety. It discusses the concept of safety from engineering, philosophy, and psychology angles, and considers various definitions of safety and its relationship to risk. Examining the categorization of safety and the measurement of risk,...